Fastening device for shoes



(No Model.)

S. ABEOASIS.

FASTENING DEVICE FOR SHOES, GLOVES, 850. No. 318,407. Patented May 19, 1885. HE I.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

sOLOMoN ABEOASIS, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

FASTENING DEVICE FOR SHOES, GLOVES, 80C.

EPECIPICAIION forming part of Letters Patent No. 318,407, dated May 19, 1885.

Application filed March 2, 1885. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SOLOMON ABECASIS, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefnl Improvement in Fastening Devices for Shoes, Gloves, and other Articles, of which the following is a specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a detail view of the several parts of my new device. Fig. 2 is a view of the device as attached to a rubber overshoe, ready for fastening. Fig. 3 shows the tongue of the clasp inserted in one of the slots of the plate, and Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the device when clasped toget-her.

A is a plate to be attached at one end to the flap E of the shoe, as shown in Fig. 2, having the slots (4, with the cross-bars 1) preferably raised slightly above the frame for the better reception of the tongue If. The lever B is made of a single piece of metal,with a double bend near the middle, the portion 1) serving as the tongue and the portion b as a fingerpieoe to aid in adjusting the fastening. At the bend in the lever are two slots, the bar 1) between forming a hinge-pin on which the le ver turns.

1) is a holding-plate to be attached at one end to the flap H of the shoe,and having the other end turned to form atubular bearing, d, for the pin 0 In order to fasten the shoe, the end of the tongue I) is entered in one of the slots a, as shown in Fig. 3, the finger-piece b is pressed downward, and the tongue 1) thereby brought up against the under side of the plate A, the pressure of the foot preventingit from becoming unfastened in the wearing, and holding it securely. Vhen it is desired to remove the shoe, the finger piece I) is raised, and the tongue Z2 is easily withdrawn.

In all fastenings of this general character known to me heretofore the tongue is entered in the slot from the under side of the plate A and clasped over on the outside, and not easily adjusted. In my device .it is very easily clasped and unclasped, and at the same time is secure.

The same form of device may be used as a fastening for gloves or other articles where there is an upward pressure against the tongue, to hold it in place when clasped.

What I claim as my invention is A fastening device consisting ofthe holding plate D, lever B, provided with the finger or tongue b and slotted plate A,in combination, substantially as described.

SOLOMON ABEOASIS.

\Vitnesses:

WV. A. COPELAND, J. R. SNOW. 

